The win­ter sea­son has finally arrived and the Autumn/Winter 2012–2013 fash­ion shows deliv­ered the newest and COOLEST trends. So if you’re fashion-conscious but sadly missed the fash­ion shows, or you feel like your wardrobe needs a bit of updat­ing accord­ingly, here are some of the trends for this season…

The Long Coats

These are the biggest trend in the jack­ets cat­e­gory for 2012 win­ter. Each fash­ion show all over the fash­ion world show­cased the trend dif­fer­ently but with the same level of glam­our, from lux­u­ri­ous wool fab­rics to fuzzy warm faux fur.

Hats

 As illus­trated by most fash­ion shows, the hat has undoubt­edly made a come­back this win­ter and we love it. You can pair it up with lit­er­ally anything.

The Waist

This sea­son, design­ers brought a bit of edgi­ness by greatly empha­sis­ing the waist with the use of high waist belts and pen­cil skirts. Dresses became more form-fitting so that means this win­ter is all about being edgy and sexy, but with­out being trashy.

PRINTS

Prints are a huge trend this sea­son. From, our very own African inspired prints, and flo­rals to geo­met­ric and hor­i­zon­tal, design­ers all over were crazy about them. Prints are a great way to brighten or bring out any out­fit. A bit of cau­tion must be observed how­ever because too much print can get you in trou­ble with the fash­ion police.

SHOES!!!

The 2012 winter’s trendy shoes are def­i­nitely knee high boots, chunky heels and also the mas­cu­line like shoes i.e. the brogues. Rihanna’s per­sonal style of ankle socks worn with heels also seems to be a great hit. Knee high boots are the ulti­mate must have.  Whilst elon­gat­ing your legs, they also keep you really warm. You can wear them over skin­nies, with miniskirts or…ANYTHING (N.B NEVER wear them with long skirts or a dress, that is a fash­ion dis­as­ter). AHH…The brogues. These are really cool and very comfy. Brogues work great with skin­nies, cropped pants or miniskirts.

So those are some of the won­der­ful trends the fash­ion world brought to us. With these trends, you are def­i­nitely guar­an­teed to be fash­ion­ably warm with this win­ter. Remem­ber to wear these trends in a way that will reflect your own unique and per­sonal style, because you are per­fect the way you are, you are a True African Woman.